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going green
Hotel Valley Ho has gone green in a number of ways - some visible to guests, others behind the scenes. Here are some of the ways Valley Ho works at:
Protecting The Environment
- The housekeeping department uses green-certified chemicals.
- Executive chef Charles Wiley uses local food purveyors and local ingredients, thereby saving on "food miles" (the distance food has to travel from supplier to destination).
- Redflower amenities in every guest room and VH Spa is parabin free, making it more environmentally safe.
- By restoring Valley Ho instead of tearing it down, Westroc saved 20,000 tons of landfill, debris, etc.
- All in-room linen is cleaned with hydrogen peroxide instead of harmful bleaches.
- Dry cleaning service uses Greenjet, a cleaning machine that uses non-toxic cleaning fluid and creates no hazordous waste.
- The hotel participates in the 'Adopt-A-Road' program, cleaning and taking care of the street on Scottsdsale between Indian School and Camelback roads.
- Using the local office supply company, Wist, for all hotel office supplies. This saves miles of transporting and shipping supplies, helping prevent harm to the ozone.
Saving Energy
- Brick and mortar structure keeps temperatures more constant in guest rooms
- During restoration, heavy dual pane glass was placed in all the guest rooms, keeping rooms cooler and using less energy
- Compact and energy-efficient fluorescents are used throughout the property, including guest rooms.
- Every vacant guest room has the drapes closed to reduce sunlight and heat, with temperatures set higher to save on air conditioning.
- During cooler months, water is chilled through cooling towers instead of a Freon-based chiller system.
- Employees shut down their computers every night.
Conserving Natural Resources
- All shower heads and toilets are low-flow.
- Guests have the option of conserving water by reusing their towels and bed linens.
- The hotel's recycled magazines, phone books, cardboard, cans and bottles average 1.5 tons per month.
- The hotel utilizes a cardboard baler to recycle all cardboard products.
- The hotel's advertising firm, Mullen Advertising, prints all hotel brochures and collateral on post-consumer recylcled, FSC-certified paper. FSC-Certified means the Forest Stewardship Council guarantees the paper comes from responsibly managed forests and verified recycled sources.
Green News + Tips
- Hotel Valley Ho is featured in the Scottsdale Republic for its green initiatives
- Hotel Valley Ho is featured in Conde Nast Portfolio.com for the article "Scottsdale hotels, design firm win green awards"
- Hotel Valley Ho is featured in The Phoenix Business Journal article "Scottsdale hotels, design firm win green awards"
- Hotel Valley Ho is the winner of the Green Award for the 2008 Scottsdale Convention & Visitor's Bureau Green by Design Awards.
- Hotel Valley Ho is one of local companies to recieve Scottsdale Green by Design Awards. View the Press Release
- Hotel Valley Ho strives to be green, view the press release at Hotel Valley Ho Goes Green
- "Going Green in American Cities," - read the full story by Travel + Leisure
- "Cool and Green" - read the full story by Meetings MidAmerica.
- "Cool and Green," - read the full story by Meetings West.
- Hotel Valley Ho uses Chapparral Cleaners for their dry cleaning service. See how this dry cleaning service has gone green by using Green Jet
- Green hospitality news, check out Green News
- Green tips to help protect the environment, check out Green Tips
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